Auren Hoffman
Rapleaf CEO. investor: klout, brightroll, meebo, vark, thread, chomp, flowtown, RichRelevance, huddler, crowdflower, more
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Most of the U.S. debt is short term. So unless we have no more deficit, we won’t be able to inflate our way out of debt
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What’s the worse flight: the red eye (leaving SFO at 11p) or the pink eye (leave JFK at 6a)?
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Contrarian view on How to Build Your Long-Term Assets (from my blog) http://bit.ly/8Xw0Uu
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"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." -Mark Twain
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i still don't understand why Gogo internet requires a captcha every time
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The ad market is shifting to valuing the data over the inventory
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science behind how to anonymize information http://bit.ly/aLYq5L
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Enjoyed reading “The Facebook Effect” by David Kirkpatrick – insights into a great company
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USA World Cup Fans on Twitter - Rapleaf study - http://bit.ly/cdaWGq
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Enjoyed reading “Zilch” by Nancy Lublin
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my Kindle thinks Tom Friedman is John Steinbeck http://bit.ly/9uc4ag
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2% of the world is good. 2% is bad. The other 96% are influenced by the good and bad. (Be sure to hang out w good ppl)
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queries like “what color should I paint my office” & “do I look good in this dress?” will be answerable by ur social graph
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blogged on how to run a company without corp politics: http://bit.ly/ai9oiP
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random July 4 trivia; Presidents Tyler, Cleveland and Wilson all married while in office
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article on breaking the email addition: http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/06/breaking_the_email_addiction.html
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Google contacts still does not really work - cannot handle large files. Eagerly waiting for their next version
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Abraham Lincoln: Every man is born an original, but sadly, most men die copies.
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just finished "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis. a must read. incredibly interesting.
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Overheard: “I am against any conspiracy I am not a part of”
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Klout.com is awesome. they sent me a free trip to Toronto on Virgin America today. highly recommend. http://cmp.ly/2/va
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why online advertising should be regulated: http://bit.ly/9xoLzx
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On game mechanics: almost winning (near misses) heighten addiction
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In fertility clinics where parents choose the gender, 75% of parents-to-be choose girls
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Turkey has an incredibly high rate of flags per capita
